“And afterward?”
“You may not care for the afterward,” she murmured.
“I’ll risk it!” he exclaimed. “We’ll sail tomorrow.”
“And the letter?” she asked.
“I’ll get it for you—or have it along!”
“What about the consideration?”
“Hang the consideration. I’ll pay it myself, if need be.”
“No, no, my friend!” she laughed. “I’m not worth so much, nor anything near it. And even though I were, I’d not permit the wasteful extravagance.”
She might have added that she had no objection whatever to his wasteful extravagance, in fact, she would rather encourage it, if she were its object. Only that must come later—after the present business was finished, and they had sailed from New York. How long the extravagance would continue was dependent on the depth of his purse and his disposition.
“Wasteful extravagance does not apply where you are concerned,” he replied. “However, we’ll let Germany pay the consideration, and I’ll have that much more to spend on you.”